Denver Botanic Gardens' School of Botanical Art and Illustration is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The school is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide. The Certificate Program was initiated and established in 1990 by Angela Overy.

It takes a gifted artist to become a great teacher and those who dare to teach never cease to learn.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Carl Linné was born today for 300 years ago. Numerous celebrations have already taken place around the world but the main events are concentrated to the current week in Sweden. The Imperial couple is among the guests, since Thunberg, one of Linnaeus apostles compiled the Japan’s first flora after traveling to Japan in 1775.My flight to Sweden is for tomorrow.

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Please note, that the Summer BI-courses start on the week of June 4th with a nice selection of required and elective courses.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Over the weekend of May 18-20 (Friday to Sunday) we are offering Composition for Botanical Illustration at The Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins. This is a wonderful opportunity to concentrate in one of the mainstays in the Botanical Illustration. The traditional 5-week course is compressed in 3 days with the equal amount of teaching hours (15). Composition is one of our required classes and does not have any prerequisites. For registration, please click here . Summer-Fall registration starts Monday, May 14th.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

The basic science of flower pollination by bees, hummingbirds and some unexpected vectors is shown with beautiful photography and a humorous touch. Discover why flowers evolved with different colors and shapes, and why they bloom at various times of the day or season.

Angela Overy is an award winning author and artist who lectures on flower pollination all over the country. Her popular presentations demonstrate a whole new way of looking flowers.

Café Botanique is a part of the Botanical Art and Illustration Program. The 30-40 minute talk starts at 6:30 p.m. and is followed by a discussion. Café Botanique meets every first and third Thursday of the month, each time with a different topic relating to the Denver Botanic Gardens exhibits and Botanical Illustration classes.There is no admission fee and pre-registration is not required.